North Korea leader meets army commanders amid concern over nuclear testing

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - To cheers of "Human bullets and bombs!" North Korean leader Kim Jong Il rallied with top military commanders in a rare public appearance, amid growing concern North Korea will soon test a nuclear bomb, North Korean news media reported Thursday.

The meeting was the North Korean leader's first reported public sighting in three weeks and first since Tuesday when his government shocked the world and alarmed its jittery neighbours by announcing plans to detonate an atomic weapon.